NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1094646 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Encourage local giving and award grants to Northamptonshire community groups & projects

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.7m

Latest spending

£1.7m

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted general reserves totaled £352,319, which is above the stated policy target of £293,535. The charity reported a net deficit on ordinary activities of £121,214 for the year, primarily due to investment valuation losses, but holds total funds of £20,709,774.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee earned more than £60,000” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: at least 6 months working capital requirements (£293,535) (held: £352k)

“The Trustees of the Foundation set their own reserves policy which is primarily aimed at generating sufficient general reserves to meet at least 6 months working capital requirements (£293,535).” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Harris & Co (Accountants) Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Northamptonshire Community Foundation Community Hero of the Week northamptonchron.co.uk · 17/03/2025

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04269030

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Northamptonshire Community Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

DZIMBA, James — director, appointed 30/04/2025on trustee list
MIAH, Jabeer Ali — director, appointed 20/11/2024on trustee list
FRANCKLIN, William Alexander Mavourn — director, appointed 23/11/2023on trustee list
WINFIELD, Dominic Lewis — director, appointed 23/11/2022on trustee list
ANDREWS, Alan Richard — director, appointed 23/11/2022on trustee list
THRELFALL, Holly Elizabeth — director, appointed 23/11/2022on trustee list
DIMBLEBY, Richard Arthur — director, appointed 23/11/2021on trustee list
CASWELL, Edward John Charles — director, appointed 23/11/2021on trustee list
NAZIR, Syrah — director, appointed 23/11/2021on trustee list
STEWART, Nancy Ann Rachel Kempner — director, appointed 23/11/2021on trustee list
CONDRON, Liam Padraig — director, appointed 01/01/2021on trustee list
MALLOWS, Rachel Elizabeth — director, appointed 01/01/2021not on trustee list
BORLEY-COX, Peter David — director, appointed 07/10/2019on trustee list
HOUGHTON, Jennifer Marie Niles — secretary, appointed 23/11/2021

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.9m

Total spending

£1.7m

Cost of raising funds

£274k

Reserves (reported)

£352k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 14.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (28/01/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (08/09/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (03/09/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (23/01/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (10/06/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (04/04/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

RACHEL ELIZABETH MALLOWS MBE DLchair
Alan Andrews
Dominic Winfield
Edward John Charles Caswell
Holly Threlfall
Jabeer Miah
James Dzimba
LIAM PADRAIG CONDRON
Nancy Stewart
PETER BORLEY-COX
Richard Dimbleby · trustee of 1 other charity
Syrah Nazir
William Francklin

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.7m	£1.7m
31/03/2024	£3.4m	£3.5m
31/03/2023	£2.6m	£3.1m
31/03/2022	£915k	£1.7m
31/03/2021	£2.3m	£3.0m

Common questions

Is NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted general reserves totaled £352,319, which is above the stated policy target of £293,535. The charity reported a net deficit on ordinary activities of £121,214 for the year, primarily due to investment valuation losses, but holds total funds of £20,709,774. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Harris & Co (Accountants) Ltd.

Who funds NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include DAVID LAING FOUNDATION, THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS), THE SCOTT BADER COMMONWEALTH LIMITED.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
DAVID LAING FOUNDATION	FY2023	£85k	General Charitable Purposes
THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£70k
THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£70k	Relief for the poor, handicapped and aged
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£42k	Grant to institutions
DAVID LAING FOUNDATION	FY2022	£36k	General Charitable Purposes
DAVID LAING FOUNDATION	FY2024	£21k	General Charitable Purposes
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)	FY2024	£10k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)	FY2025	£10k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)	FY2022	£10k
THE SCOTT BADER COMMONWEALTH LIMITED	FY2024	£4k	Research & other Grants
THE SCOTT BADER COMMONWEALTH LIMITED	FY2023	£4k
THE SCOTT BADER COMMONWEALTH LIMITED	FY2025	£3k	Other Donations

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/04/2019	£9k	"Generosity Heritage Trail"
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/01/2013	£10k	Northamptonshire Community Foundation Training Programme for Communities

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE EARL OF NORTHAMPTON'S CHARITY	1	£615k
LOCAL TRUST	1	£453k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	1	£200k
THE AMATEURS TRUST	1	£115k
THE RANWORTH TRUST 1985	1	£90k
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£55k
CARERS TRUST	1	£54k
THE EQUITIX FOUNDATION	1	£41k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHAMPTON STUDENTS' UNION.

NORTHAMPTON STUDENTS' UNION income £1.7m
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CARERS income £4.4m
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HEALTH CHARITABLE FUND income £1.3m
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £5.3m
NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £8.3m
CHESHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LIMITED income £2.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	£1.7m	—	1	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHAMPTON STUDENTS' UNION FY2025	£1.7m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CARERS FY2025	£4.4m	—	1	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HEALTH CHARITABLE FUND FY2025	£1.3m	—	1	unclear	35.3%	no doubt
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£5.3m	Over £60,000	1	unclear	5.3%	no doubt
NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2024	£8.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.